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Dr Sima Barmania is a medical doctor from London with an Intercalated degree in Community health science and a Master’s in Public Health from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has branched out of clinical medicine to focus on her passion for global health and currently is undertaking a PhD.

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2011: The year of Barefoot leaders, The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents -

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2011: The year of Barefoot leaders

So often the archetypal leader that one is accustomed to hearing of are the suited and booted CEOs, heads of states and politicians with the accompanying networks, resources and sphere of influence.

By Dr Sima Barmania | The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents - | Friday, 30 December 2011 at 4:43 pm

The Grandest Challenge: Taking life saving Science from Lab to Village, Health

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The Grandest Challenge: Taking life saving Science from Lab to Village

It is hard to fathom that a society could exist whereby one population can expect to live into their eighties, whilst another population would expect to live only till their forties.

It is this shameful and disturbing reality which authors of ‘The Grandest Challenge- Taking life saving science from lab to village’, Canadian doctors Dr Abdallah Daar and Dr Peter Singer refuse to accept.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Science & Technology | Saturday, 10 December 2011 at 2:41 pm

HIV narratives: Beyond numbers, Health

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HIV narratives: Beyond numbers

In medicine, we can spend such a vast proportion of time perceiving those with illnesses as patients, or as statistical numbers that we fail to regard them as individuals. This is particular pertinent to people living with HIV, which are in excess of 30 million; It is such a colossal number it can be hard to comprehend. Despite the wealth of research into prevention and treatment of HIV which has made an undeniable impact on survival of populations, the experience of the individual unwittingly can be overlooked.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Friday, 2 December 2011 at 1:49 pm

World AIDS Day: Looking to the future, Health

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World AIDS Day: Looking to the future

30 years have passed since the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) published its first reported case of AIDS. Since then over 25 million people have died from AIDS and an estimated 33.3 million are living with HIV today.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Thursday, 1 December 2011 at 1:34 pm

Sport and peace: Is there another side to sport?, Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world -

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Sport and peace: Is there another side to sport?

This week seems to have been a particularly insalubrious week for the reputation of sport.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Friday, 4 November 2011 at 10:05 pm

Population 7 Billion: A time for the right questions?, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -

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Population 7 Billion: A time for the right questions?

Today marks the much anticipated advent of the new era of a population of seven billion, the estimated day when seven billion people will inhabit the Earth, according to the United Nations Population Fund who have just published their latest report- State of the World population 2011- ‘people and possibilities in a world of seven billion’.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 31 October 2011 at 1:59 pm

Why Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” is just as relevant today as ever, Uncategorized

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Why Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” is just as relevant today as ever

Frantz Fanon, Iconic psychiatrist and author of books such as “Wretched of the Earth”, wrote that “literature increasingly involves itself in its only real task, which is to get society to reflect and mediate”.

By Dr Sima Barmania | | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 1:08 pm

Religion, HIV and mental health, Health

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Religion, HIV and mental health

This week, Nina Lakhani reported on the disturbing case of the Evangelical Christian Church which has been encouraging members of its congregation to cease taking medication altogether in favour of prayer alone.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Friday, 21 October 2011 at 10:24 am

Obstetric Fistula: Worldwide inequalities in maternal health, Health

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Obstetric Fistula: Worldwide inequalities in maternal health

Last week, UNFPA hosted the International Obstetric Fistula working group in Maputo, Mozambique. Obstetric fistula is a striking indication of the insufficient maternal health care that exists in some parts of the world; obstetric fistula is a condition in which a fistula (hole/ communication) develops between the vagina (birth canal) and bladder or vagina and rectum as a result of a severe and obstructed labour during childbirth.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Tuesday, 18 October 2011 at 5:21 pm

World Mental Health Day – Time to invest, Health

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World Mental Health Day – Time to invest

Today marks World Mental Health Day, a day designed to raise public attention about mental health issues whilst also encouraging open and honest discussion about the topic.

By Dr Sima Barmania | Health | Monday, 10 October 2011 at 9:00 am

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